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From: Mike Scott on 25 Mar 2010 08:01 chris wrote: ..... > I disagree re nVidia. If you're happy to use the proprietary driver, > you'll have very few problems. I've always used nVidia over the last 6-7 > years with no serious problems. I'm using the restricted driver on a desktop with an FX5600. More or less works after fixing the xorg.conf ("NvAgp" for the interested), but gives some very odd transient rubbish when windows are created. The window decorations can be somewhat intermittent, which I assume is down to the video driver. And I'm not at all sure the handling of full-screen video is up to par -- there are some odd artifacts which seem to go away after a reboot. -- Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England
From: chris on 25 Mar 2010 09:12 On 25/03/10 12:01, Mike Scott wrote: > chris wrote: > .... >> I disagree re nVidia. If you're happy to use the proprietary driver, >> you'll have very few problems. I've always used nVidia over the last >> 6-7 years with no serious problems. > > I'm using the restricted driver on a desktop with an FX5600. More or > less works after fixing the xorg.conf ("NvAgp" for the interested), but > gives some very odd transient rubbish when windows are created. The > window decorations can be somewhat intermittent, which I assume is down > to the video driver. And I'm not at all sure the handling of full-screen > video is up to par -- there are some odd artifacts which seem to go away > after a reboot. I don't see any of that, but then the advantage I have is that I live very far from the cutting edge ;) Currently, I have an AthlonXP 2600+ with an FX5200 and it was a hand-me-down when I got it couple of years ago. Prior to that I had an AthlonXP 1400 (I think) and a Geforce3 Ti 200, which I built from new. Even then it was 'behind the times'. As you probably can tell, I don't really push my hardware...
From: FP on 25 Mar 2010 10:13 On 25/03/2010 09:42, chris wrote: > On 24/03/10 17:46, Mark Hobley wrote: .... >> Also make sure that the graphics chipset is made by Intel or ATI, so >> that it >> works properly with the open source drivers. Avoid Nvidia based graphics >> chipsets. .... > I disagree re nVidia. If you're happy to use the proprietary driver, > you'll have very few problems. I've always used nVidia over the last 6-7 > years with no serious problems. It's not just driver problems. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10020782-33.html FP
From: Mike Scott on 25 Mar 2010 10:23 chris wrote: .... > I don't see any of that, but then the advantage I have is that I live > very far from the cutting edge ;) Currently, I have an AthlonXP 2600+ > with an FX5200 and it was a hand-me-down when I got it couple of years ago. > > Prior to that I had an AthlonXP 1400 (I think) and a Geforce3 Ti 200, > which I built from new. Even then it was 'behind the times'. > > As you probably can tell, I don't really push my hardware... FX5600 isn't exactly current technology. Another hand-me-down. -- Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) Harlow Essex England
From: Martin Gregorie on 25 Mar 2010 12:00
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:22:26 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote: > > Needless to say it is now configured to hibernate when the lid is closed > and to shut down when the battery is flat. Correction: Needless to say it is now configured to *suspend* when the lid is closed and to shut down when the battery is flat. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |